# China’s Foreign Ministry has urged its citizens to evacuate or relocate from Eswatini to relatively safer countries, including neighbouring South Africa, due to security risks. The advisory follows the southern African kingdom’s crackdown on illegal online gambling operations, which led to the arrest of dozens of Chinese nationals. The ministry says the security situation […]
# Murder-accused Katiso “KT” Molefe, the late taxi boss Mswazi Msibi and businessman Steve Motsumi allegedly posed as state officials while dealing with foreign suppliers of surveillance technology. Evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson told the Madlanga commission that cell-phone communications suggest the men were involved in efforts to sell spy and jamming technology to the Eswatini […]
# Die moordbeskuldigde Katiso “KT” Molefe, die oorlede taxibaas Mswazi Msibi en sakeman Steve Motsumi het na bewering hulself as staatsamptenare voorgedoen terwyl hulle met buitelandse verskaffers van toesigtegnologie sake gedoen het. Die getuienisleier Matthew Chaskalson het aan die Madlanga-kommissie gesê selfoonkommunikasie dui daarop die mans was betrokke by pogings om spioenasie- en stemsteuringstegnologie aan […]
# Mpumalanga se polisie het in Tonga naby die grens met Eswatini beslag gelê op 630-kilogram dagga ter waarde van meer as vier-miljoen-rand. Woordvoerder Mpho Nonyane-Mpe sê beamptes het ‘n vragmotor en sleepwa met Eswatini-nommerplate deursoek en 49 sakke dagga ontdek. ‘n Verdagte is in hegtenis geneem. Die polisie het ook die vragmotor afgeneem, wat […]
# Mpumalanga police seized 630 kilograms of dagga worth more than four-million-rand in Tonga near the Eswatini border. Spokesperson Mpho Nonyane-Mpe says officials searched an articulated truck and trailer with Eswatini registration plates and discovered 49 bags of dagga. A suspect was arrested and detained. The truck, reportedly belonging to a logistics company based in […]
# Indië en die Suider-Afrikaanse Doeane-unie het ‘n verwysingsraamwerk onderteken om onderhandelinge oor ‘n voorkeur-handelsooreenkoms te begin. Die unie bestaan uit Suid-Afrika, Botswana, Namibië, Lesotho en Eswatini. Die gesprekke dek handel in goedere en marktoegang, reëls van oorsprong, doeaneprosedures, handels-bemiddeling, handelsvergoeding, sanitêre maatreëls, tegniese hindernisse en geskilbeslegting. Dit volg nadat onderhandelings tussen 2002 en 2010 […]
# India and the Southern African Customs Union have signed the terms of reference to launch negotiations on a preferential trade agreement. SACU comprises South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini. The talks will cover trade in goods and market access, rules of origin, customs procedures, trade facilitation, trade remedies, sanitary measures, technical barriers and […]